Create Imagination
Creative imagination is more than just active imagination. To be able to actively imagine things, to see and hear things in one’s mind, is an important ability. It doesn’t have to involve much creativity, though, does it? Daydreaming, for example, is a process of imagination. It can consist of an elaborate fantasy world, but one full of all the things that many people think about. Creative imagination, then, has to include the ability not just to imagine things, but to imagine original things. It is seeing things that others don’t see and coming up with new ideas. So how do you cultivate this? Creative Imagination 1-------- First, exercise your basic imagination. It can be as simple as thinking in pictures more or listening to music in your mind. Play little “movies” in your mind, until you can watch them on command. This is a simple process, but it can take a lot of practice for those of us who can't easily do it naturaly. Fortunately, it is not an unpleasant activity. The second